However, a full or partial gift means you inherit their $33K cost basis, potentially increasing your capital gains taxes when you sell in the future.

.- Can't see a Senior-Only complex allowing Short-Term-Rentals (STR).If so, SELL.2) What is the history of Association Fee increases and how well capitalized is the Association for future repairs?

Did lenders reactivate HELOCs after the rates increased?

After that make sure you have your property up to standard before placing a tenant.

Don't forget to ask when the last time everyone's rent was increased - with section 8 you can only do that once/year. 

You'd be a dang fool to waste your energy or effort's on ANY US standard rental more or less Sec8, are you kidding me?! 

In the City of Austin, we saw a 6.5% increase to $575,000*Total sales increased 2.5% in the metro.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

How do SFHs fare in competition with these rentals as supply increases?

Quote from @Basit Siddiqi: I personally would not buy real estate with a retirement account.There are just too many headaches that are not worth the potential increased return.Some headaches when it comes to investing in real estate with a retirement account1) LTV values are less and harder to find lenders.2) Potential to sell or partially distibute the property if you have to do a RMD(Required Minimum Distribution)3) If you run out of cash and have to make a major repair, you may be out of luck and have to sell.4) Having to potentially worry about UBTI(Unrelated Business Taxable Income)I would personally invest in stocks/bonds/notes with a retirement account.I buy deals with cash and use a ROTH SDIRA so there are no RMD's.I buy at huge discounts to retail.